Poultry-fountain.



' J. GUIDINGER.

POULTRY FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30, 1912.

Patented June 29,1915.

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JOSEPH GUIDINGER, OF NEAR LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 29, 19115.

Application-fled April 30, 1912. Serial No. 694,237.

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thoroughly sanitary fountain which will furnish for drinking purposes a constantly renewed supply of fresh water in quantities sufficient for birds and small animals where the demand is such as may be supplied by water dripping from a faucet.

Other objects-are: to avoid any puddles or unsatisfactory wetness near the fountain; to minimize the periodsof necessary cleanslng; to minimize the liability of contagion among the animals or fowls using the fountain; to maintain the water in a practically cool condition and to accomplish all of these results by neat, cheap, simple, unobtrusive means that can be easily installed at slight expense and can be supplied with running water at minimumcost.

The invention may be carried out in various forms.

The invention is pioneer in that it utilizes a constant supply ofwater, all the water that is not used by the 'fowls being disposed of in a simple manner and the surplus water first acting to cool the drinking cup and its contents.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a view of a fountain installed in the grounds of a poultry yard, the earth and part of the fountain elements being shown in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective View of the preferred form of the cup or reservoir. Fig. 3 is a plan of the cup and drain pipe. Fig. 4 is a view showing a cup of another form.

In the drawings and in the following description and claims a conventional faucet is shown and referred to as the water supplying device with the understanding that changes in the form thereof may be made without altering the spirit of the invention.

The vertical drain pipe 1 is straight throughout and has upper imperforate and lower perforate portions or sections 2, 8. Said pipe is preferably made of galvanized sheet iron and for poultry yards should be about'three inches in diameter and about 30 inches long, the imperforate portion 2 being about ten inches long and the perforate portion 3 being about 20 inches long. This pipe is inserted into a vertical hole 4 made in the earth for its reception at the place where the fountain is to be installed and exactly below the outlet of the faucet 5 which is arranged immediately above the top of the pipe, and arranged to cause water to drip or flow slowly into a cup G that is of gradually reduced diameter in its body from the brim down, and that is of less diameter at the brim than the drain pipe; and

means are provided, as the lugs 7 projecting upwardly and outwardly at the brim of the cup, to support the cup on the rim of the pipe and inside and free from the pipe, the lugs in the instance shown resting directly on said rim.

The cup is provided with overflow openings or-spaces 8,8 between the lugs to allow water to escape when the cup becomes overfull. The drain pipe is vertical, its top is level and the lugs are so arranged that when they are resting on the rim of the pipe the floors of the openings will be in a horizontal plane, thus allowing the water to flow out evenly through the openings and thence it will flow down the outside of the cup.

In practice water will be turned on so as toflow or drip with the desired rapidity from the faucet into the cup and when the cup becomes full the liquid flows over the brim and down the indrawn sides of the cup to the center of the cup bottom from whence it drips to the bottom of the hole without coming into contact with the walls of the pipe, thus avoiding the liability of causing slime to form on the walls of the pipe.

The drain pipe is a straight open-ended cylinder and its lower end forms a subterranean drain outlet, and if the soil is of a very porous nature, the water will escape downward through said outlet without rising inside the pipe, but in more compact and less permeable soils the water may rise in the pipe and seep through the perforations thereof which constitute a further subterranean outlet.

The bottom of the pipe being considerably below the surface of the ground will naturally have a temperature less subject to at mospheric changes than the top of the ground and in warm weather the air carried down with the water drops will become cool and will finally be forced up around the cup, thereby cooling the same. Furthermore the portions of the wall above the surface of the ground being imperforate and being spaced apart from the cup will be heated by the external air and may tend to produce an upflow of the warm air at a distance from the cup, and a consequent evaporation of a portion of the down flowing water around the cup; the air thereby tending to insulate and cool the cup and reduce the temperature of the water in the cup.

The fowls in drinking at the cup are liable to drip saliva and the same will be washed out of the cup and down the sides of the cup onto the bottom of the hole, thus removing from the immediate contact of the poultry any eifluvia that may be thus deposited.

The solids which may fall into the cup from the beaks of the fowls will accumulate at the bottom of the cup and may be removed readily by simply lifting the cup from the pipe whereupon it can be readily cleansed. Such cleansing of the cup need not be performed oftener than once a week, ordinarily.

The cup may be made of any suitable material such as glass or any other substance that will serve the. purpose; and it is advisable to equip a poultry farm with fountains in each yard, the water being piped to all of the yards for this purpose.

In the form shown in Fig. 1 the outwardly extending flange 9 serves as the lugs do in Fig. 1, to support the cup and the perf0rations 8 serve to form the overflow spaces or openings below the level of the top of the above ground portion of the drain pipe.

1. A poultry fountain comprising a straight drain pipe provided with a subterranean drain outlet, and a fountain cup supported vided with lugs projecting from its brim and resting on the rim of the drain pipe, there being overflow space between the cup and the interior of the pipe.

3. A poultry fountain comprising a straight drain pipe having upper imperforate and lower perforate portions and a downwardly reduced fountain cup supported at the top of the drain pipe, there being overflow space between the cup and the interior of the pipe. y

4:. A poultry fountain comprising a galvanized sheet iron pipe about 30 inches, more or less long, the lower twenty inches, more or less, being perforated and the upper 10 inches, more or less, being imperforate; the perforate portion and the'lower part of the imperforate portion being sunk in ahole in the ground; a cup at the upper end of the pipe arranged to overflow into the pipe; and means to cause water to drip or flow slowly into the cup.

5. In a poultry fountain, a fountain cup having lugs projecting outwardly from its brim, and overflow spaces below'the level of. the lugs, and a straight pipe having a level rim on which the lugs rest.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 24th day of April, 1912.

JOSEPH GUIDINGER. In presence of 7 JAMES R. TOWNSEND, L. BELLE RICE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

